Hook and eye tape



March Z9 1927.

Q. SILBERMN HOOK AND EYE TAPE Filed July ze, 1924 1&5

\ INYENTOR BY l UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID BILBEBHAN, F NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOOK AND EYE TAPE.

Appllcation'led July 28, 1984. Serial No. 728,645.

My invention relates to hook and eye tapes edges are unnecessary, thereby reducing theand 1t is m Y object to produce a strong tape thickness of the finished tape. which can readil attached to a garment In use the edge of a garment is slipped beand to which the ooks and eyes are setween the plies 2 and 3 andthe threel parts 45.

6 curely fastened with the bases of the hooks sewed together, the single ply 1 extending concealed and protected. Another object is forwardly under the eyes as a flap.

l the production of a new form of tape, woven 'In making the hook ta e member the uniintegrally with flaps or plies to obviate the tary tape is employed ut the single ply4 necessity of sewing two or more strips of` 6 1s less than half the width of the tape while 60 ll0 fabric together. the ply 7 does not extend to the edge of the In the drawing Fig. 1 is a face view of ply 8 as is shown in Fig. 3. The hooks 9 my hook and eye tape; Fig. 2 a sectional are secured to the ply 8 by rivets 10 but l view of the eye tape on the hne 2-.2 of Fig; other fasteners may be employed. The ply 7 1; and Fig. 3 a sectional view of the hoo extends over the hook bases and rivets and 55 tape on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. under the bills of the hooks. The lies 7 To produce my improved tape a specially and 8 may be sewed together by a ine of woven fabric having a single ply at one side stitching 11 if desired.

and a double ply at the other side. is em- In use the ply 6 is sewed to the edge of a ployed so that the tape itself is integral and garment opposite the eye tape member and 60 not made of two or motie pieces sewed tothe hooks and eyes may be readily engaged gether. without any danger of catching on the hook In the eye tape member the single ply 1 bases and rivets which are protected by the divides into two plies 2 and 3 at about its ply 7. median line, as shown in Fig. 2, the .two plies While I have shown the invention applied 66 2 and 3 being practicall the same width. to hook and eye tape itis obvious that other The .eyes 4 are held to t e ply 2 by rivets fasteners may be substituted on the multi- 5, although fastening means other than rivets ply integrally woven tape which forms the may be employed. oundation of my invention.

By riyeting the eyes to the outer ply 2 and I claim 'l using the base or under ply 3 as a protector Eye tape comprising a strip of` integrally for the base of the rivets 5" the rlvets are woven tape having a single ply at one edge prevented from cutting the garment to which divided into two plies at about its median lthe tape is sewed or from rubbing against line, a lurality of spaced eyes secured co the skin of the wearer. This is desirable on one of t e latter plies, the operative portions 'Il the eye strip as the hook strip is outside of of said eyes extending over the sin Ale ply and above the eye strip when the tapes are and adapted to have a garment ge inhooked together. serted between the two lies.

By weavin the three edged tape as a In testimony whereo I have aixed my unit the han ing of two pieces. and sewin signature. them together is avoided and any folds whic might otherwise be wrm: to the DAVID SILBERMAN. 

